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The PEC Data Visualizations Series
With support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, through the Peacebuilding Evaluation Consortium, the DME for Peace team has worked to turn some of the most accessed resources on the site's resource library into data visualizations and graphic summaries. This project...
An Analysis of the Use of Social Media in Indonesia and a Social Media Use Needs Assessment for At-Risk Groups
Search for Common Ground Indonesia has recently completed research on social media use and a needs assessment among at risk groups in Indonesia. The research is a component of its 24-month long project aimed at reducing the influence of violent extremist narratives...
Freedom in the World 2018: Democracy in Crisis
"Political rights and civil liberties around the world deteriorated to their lowest point in more than a decade in 2017, extending a period characterized by emboldened autocrats, beleaguered democracies, and the United States’ withdrawal from its leadership role in the global struggle...
The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism (2018)
Governments around the world are tightening control over citizens’ data and using claims of “fake news” to suppress dissent, eroding trust in the internet as well as the foundations of democracy. "Disinformation and propaganda disseminated online have poisoned the public sphere. The...
Search for Common Ground’s Evaluations and Reports: October – November 2018
The following post highlights a collection of Search for Common Ground‘s evaluations and reports. To access the full evaluations and reports, please click on the titles of the resource. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Final Evaluation: Conflict management and prevention in Tanganyika and...
Search for Common Ground’s Evaluations and Reports: September 2018
The following post highlights Search for Common Ground‘s evaluations and reports published in September 2018. To access the full evaluations and reports, please click on the titles of the resource. Burundi Final Evaluation: Rebuilding Trust between Youth and the Police in Bujumbura Mairie,...
Search for Common Ground’s Evaluations and Reports: July 2018
Search for Common Ground's evaluations and reports published in July 2018 are now available online. To access the full evaluations and reports, please click on the titles of the resource. Tunisia Final Evaluation: Bottom-Up Approach to Countering Violent Extremism in Tunisia (August...
Attending Evaluation 2018? Check out our guide to this year’s conference!
Are you attending this week’s American Evaluation Association’s Annual Conference: Evaluation 2018? Check out DME for Peace’s recommendations for what’s not to be missed in Cleveland, Ohio! For a list of all the events, check out the Evaluation 2018 website. Thursday, November...
Myanmar: Youth-led Participatory Research on Social Cohesion in Urban Areas
In 2010, Myanmar began its democratic transition towards a civilian-led government. However, despite an ongoing national peace process between the government and multiple ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), emerging intercommunal conflicts present new challenges to peace and development. The country is facing significant...
Reducing Vulnerability to Human Trafficking: An Experimental Intervention Using Anti-Trafficking Campaigns to Change Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices in Nepal
Principal Investigators: Dan Archer, Empathetic Media Margaret Boittin, Law and Political Science, York University Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Political Science, Vanderbilt University Through the C-TIP Campus Challenge Research Grants, teams of researchers at three universities implemented public opinion surveys in USAID priority countries...
Myanmar Impact Toolkit: Monitoring and Evaluating Counter Hate Speech Initiatives
Social cohesion in a country as religiously, ethnically, and linguistically diverse as Myanmar continues to be challenged by historical legacies. One of the overt ways in which this challenge manifests is hate speech; a discriminatory expression of hatred towards people because they...
Young and Emerging Evaluators of the European Evaluation Society – Conference & Competition Announcement
The European Evaluation Society will offer a free entrance at the 2018 EES conference to 10 European Young and Emerging Evaluators (yEES!). The 10 most successful applications will receive: Free registration for this year’s EES conference (3 days), access to pre-conference workshops (2 days) - luches and coffee breaks...